Archive For June 2010
If Conservatives Are Serious About Fiscal Responsibility, They’ll Oppose Afghan Funds
on June 30, 2010 by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
It is disingenuous to say this is an “emergency” supplemental. The only “emergency” is this: In funding the longest war in history, we are putting America further into debt with […]
Sessions Obsessions Hatch a Conspiracy
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) used his bully pulpit as the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to be a bully during the first day of confirmation hearings for Supreme […]
Jan Brewer Ad Blasts Obama Over Arizona Border Signs Amid Immigration Law Uproar (VIDEO)
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is unleashing a fierce line of attack on President Obama in a new web video over the placement of new warning signs near the state’s […]
Hurricane Earl 2010: Updates, Information, Resources
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
Hurricane Earl 2010 is the official name for the fifth Atlantic hurricane this season (see the complete list here). The last Hurricane Earl formed in 1998, striking the Florida panhandle, […]
HUFFPOST HILL – JUNE 30TH, 2010
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
Sometimes in Washington, the bar is set pretty high. On the third day of her confirmation hearing, Elena Kagan was grilled by Lindsey Graham about her abortion views, chided by […]
The Toughest Job in America
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
Who was really “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani or John V. Lindsay? Each could stake a credible claim to that rubric, which was the title of a book by Rob Polner […]
ACLU Arizona Travel Warning: Civil Liberties Group Urges Visitors To Avoid State
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
(AP) – The nation’s top civil liberties group has issued travel warnings for Arizona, saying the state’s new law cracking down on illegal immigrants could lead to racial profiling and […]
The Library Is The Best Place For A One Woman Dance Party. Obviously. (VIDEO)
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
There’s no need to laugh at the lady totally jamming out at her library computer. Despite the fact that she doesn’t appear be wearing earphones or even listening to music, […]
Anthony Weiner Catch Makes ESPN Sportscenter’s Top Plays (VIDEO)
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
When Rep. Anthony Weiner made a nice over-the-shoulder grab during Tuesday’s 49th Annual Congressional Baseball Game, he might just have expected it to go down in the rarely-revisited history books […]
Frustrated by the Kagan Hearings? Blame Tom Daschle
on by Jude Emantsal in Other News, Comments (0)
In August of 1993, Clinton Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 96-to-3. In the summer of 1994 Stephen Breyer, a second […]